3316 - Leucas (AE Chimera/Athena) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (CNG, EA 408, Oct. 2017, 114)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3316


300 BCE - 270 BCE | Λ

Images
Overstriking coin
Leucas_CNG, _eAuction_408, _25_Oct._2017, _114.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Philip_II_Apollo_r._rider.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Christian Blom, Arlington, VA, April 1994 = Münzen & Medaillen, 23, 18 Oct. 2007, 230 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 408, 25 Oct. 2017, 114
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : BCD Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Chimera left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Λ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Leucas Ancient regionAncient region. Acarnania Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.086.08 g <br />6,080 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 18.518.5 mm <br />1.85 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4457351 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BMC Thessaly1BMC Thessaly, n°1-10, p.174, SNG Copenhagen 32SNG Copenhagen 3, n°367, HGC 43HGC 4, n°859
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo r. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Naked rider wearing petasus on horse prancing r.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Macedonia (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 359 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 294 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org, Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 24SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 919, HGC 3.15HGC 3.1, n° 883
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on an issue of Philip II type"

References

  1. ^  Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.
  2. ^  SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
  4. ^  Troxell, Hyla A. (1994), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 8. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Macedonia 2. Alexander I - Philip II, New York
  5. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.